Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1909 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. New suits filed: No. 7467. William L. Nowels vs. Josiah Reed, et al; action to quiet title. The county jail is again without an occupant, in the taking of John Tlgler to the poor asylum. Attorney and Mrs. Geo. A. Williams returned Thursday afternoon from a month’s visit at the former’s old home In Ohio. Thomas E. Reed of Jordan township bought of his brother Mike, of Jennings county, the latter’s 40 acres of land in Jordan, paying sl,400 therefor. —o— Marriage licenses issued: July 7, Edward F. Smith of Wheatfleld, aged 29, occupation farmer, to Jennie Nevia Jackson, also of Wheatfleld, aged 25, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. John Tigler, the aged insane man from Gillam tp., who has been In jail here for the past two or three weeks, was taken to the poor asylum Tuesday. It seems Squire Bussel’s proceedings were a little irregular for an insanity inquest finding, and the old man’s son, August Tigler, having withdraw or offering to withdraw the affidavit he had filed with the Squire, the latter so notified Clerk Warner and it was decided to turn the old gentleman over to the township trustee, and he took him to the poor asylum. George H. Hills, superintendent of construction of the Tolin Macadam road in Colfax township, let the contract Saturday to John J. Lawler for $11,448.66. W. F. Smith & Co. of Rensselaer bid $12,000-00, and the estimated cost of the road was $12,861.48. .Work is required to be commenced within ninety days and the road completed within one year. A. D. Peck, superintendent of the Bingham road in the same neighborhood, offered that, road for sale on Friday but no contract was let. Only one bid was filed and that was later withdrawn.—Newton County Enterprise.

In the Reed damage case against the Panhandle railroad, the affirming of which judgment was published in last Saturday’s Democrat, we were in error as to the amount of the judgment secured in the White circuit court, it having been so long since that the attorneys here who were interested in the case had forgotten the amount. The judgment was for $4,000,5a ys the White County Democrat, instead of $5,000 as reported by us, and attorneys for the plaintiff remitted SI,OOO on this for fear the case would be reversed because of an excessive amount, owing to the age of Mr. Reed, the old gentleman killed by the defendant railroad. The $3,000 will now be paid by defendant. The adjourned term of the Jasper circuit court to take up the Borntrager .ditch mattter, the record will show, convened Wednesday and adjourned until next Tuesday. Judge Hanley has been on the sick list for the past few weeks, but is now improving and thinks he will be able to take up business next week. It seems that it is not known whether Judge Wason of the White circuit court who was appointed to sit in this case, will be here or not. He told the clerk when here last month that he did not want to come over in July, but if they would hold the adjourned term In August he would* come over. He wanted to take his annual vacation in July. Later: We are told that the petitioners do not desire to take up the ditch matter at an adjourned term, and-that there will be "nothing doing."